Animated toy.



A. W. PRESSLER.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

LVVE/VTOR.

1 3 IATTORNEYASZ 4 Application filed- To all'ywhom it may concem! 1 Be kIlOWIl that l, ADOLF W. 'H' #:1 :a:

a citizen of the-United States of America,

residing atjKeene, in the county; of Cheshire i and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Animated Toy, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates t'oim rovements in toys, mounted on wheels, w ich simulate hollow body, pivot the movable mem animals, birds, and the like and are designed 'to be drawn along the ground or. floor, by-

means of a cord or string, and when drawn about to have certain'members move inde-f pendently in a more or lessrealistic manner and to emit noises or sounds somewhat after the manner of the creatures simulated.-

The object of my invention is to rovide a toy of the class described above wit cheap and sim le means or mechanism for producing the esired movement on the art of one or more of its members and t e desired sound whenever such toy. is drawn along on its :rollers or wheels, suchmeans or mechanism being atthe same time both practicable and eflicient; v 1

A further object of this invention is to producea very inexpensive but serviceable and highly amusing toy for young children, which while \possessing the features above noted is not easily broken or disabled as are many of the animated, mechanical, or automatie' toys now quite extensively used.

' In carrying out my invention I employ a r or members thereto and locate the sound-producing device therein, and connect such member or members and such sound-producing' device'by means of suitable rods with a crank-disk tight on the inner endof a short shaftupon the outer end of whlch one of the wheels or rollers of the toy is tightly mounted. I attain the objects and secure the advan-v tages of my invention by ,the means -1llu s trated in the accompanying drawings, m which 1 Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a toy dog which embodies one form of my invention; Fig. 2, a cross-section on lines 1-1, looking in the direction of the arrow,

- in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a lon 'tudinal section throu h a toy duck winch embodies a sligh ymodified form of said invention, and Fig 4, an enlarged longitudinal section through the sound producer.

1 Similar throu houtthe several views.

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parts" Re erring first to the dog, has two movable members while the duck has only one suchmember, it will lie-observed thatsuch dog comprises a hollow body: 2 provided with a movable lower jaw 3 and a" movable tail 4, and that the dogis mountedon rollers 5, there being two suehi'rollerson each side. The dog is represented as being in a sitting posture, and one roller 5 on each side ISJDOIIHtGd on the outside'of the hind leg on that side, and the other roller on the same side is mounted on the outside of the correspondin foreleg or foot. Thus mounted on the ro ers 5,'the dog can be drawn 1 about in the usual manner by means of a cord attached thereto at any convenient point.

It 'simmaterial how three of the rollers 5' are revolubly connected with the body'2, but the fourth roller, which in the resent instance must be one of the back r0 ers, is on the'outer terminal of a short shaft 6 journaled in oneside of the body and having a crank-disk 7 on the inner terminal thereof, both of the members on said shaft being tight thereon. The opieratin mechanism is driven from the cran will be explained Two lugs 8 extend forward from the body 2, at proper points to support the jaw 3 in its true: relation to the other members, and

-,disk as presently the inner end of said jaw is slotted to re ceive said lugs. The jaw 3 is pivoted to the. lugs 8 lay means of pins 9-9 which are introduce into said jaw from the sides thereof. A branch opening 10, from the main opening 11 in the body '2, is provided to accommodate the tail 4 which 15 pivoted intermediate of its ends, at 12, in such branch opening. A portion of the tail 4 extends beyond the outer end of the opening 10, as shown. Securely fastened on the floor of the opening 11, is a bellows 13 which-is prov de on top with a sound-produc' reed-plpe 14. 15 is light spring attac ed to the bel-. lows 13 ife assist in opening'or expanding the same after it has been com ressed to expel the air therefrom. The be ows 13 when compressed forces air into and through the reed-pipe 14 and so produces the sound that such pi e is adapted to make or emit, and it is this evice that furnishesthe volce for my toy.

The internal mechanism for actuating the movable parts consists of a main operating rod 16, an arm 17 ong connecting-rod 18, and a short conn g-rod 19, all of these members with the exception of the outer portion of said arm being in the opening 11. One end of the rod 16 is ivotally attached at 20 to the inner face of the crank-disk? at one side of the center or of the shaft 6, and the other end of said rod is pivotally connected at 21 with the inner end of the arm 17. The arm 17 is rigidly fastened to the jaw 3 from which it extends into the opening 11. The lower terminal of the rod 16 is bent downward and the inner termmal of the arm 17 is curved upward, so as to enable the actuating members to operate to the best advantage. The connecting-rod 18 is pivotally connected at opposite ends with the main rod 16 and the tail 4, respectively, the connection with said main rod being at 21, although. such connection might be at any other point on said last-mentioned rod,

and with said tail at 22. The connectingrod 19 is pivotally connected at op osite ends with the main rod 16 and the ree -pipe 14, respectively, the connection with said main rod being at 23, and with said reedpipe at 24.

It will now be understood that, as the roller 5 which is tight on the shaft 6 is caused to revolve b contact with the ground or floor when the 0 is drawn along thereon, the main rod 1.6 is reciprocated through the medium of the crank-disk 7 on said shaft, and that said rod in turn actuates the jaw 3 on its pivots 9, or opens and shuts said jaw, causes the tail 4 to oscillate on its pivot 12 or wag, and works the bellows 13 to produce intermittent sounds from the reed-pipe 14, said jaw being operated from the main rod through the medium of the arm 17 said tail through the medium of the connectingrod 18, and said bellows through the medium of the connecting-rod 19. The several movements are, of course, simultaneous and continue as long as the dog is kept in motion..

The extreme positions of'the movable parts are indicated by full'and broken lines in Fi 1. I

' The duck, shown in Fig. 3, has a hollow body mounted on rollers in substantially the same way as is the case with the dog, and said duck is designed to be drawn about in a similar manner as said dog, but in place of the movable jaw of the dog there is a movable head 25 pivoted at 26 to said body, and the sound-producer is fastened to the top of the openmg 11 instead of to the bottom. The crank-disk is here present in a corresponding position, also the main operating rod pivoted to said crank-disk as.

before, and the short connecting-rod from said main rod to the bellows or to the reedpipe thereof. The end of the main rod 16 which is opposite the pivotal connection 20,

in the duc is pivoted at 27 to the lower portion of the head 25 which extends into the opening 11. Now, as this duck is moved forward or backward on its rollers 5, the head 25 is caused to oscillate and the reedpipe 14 to emit its sound, through the medium of the crank-disk, the main rod and the connecting-rod, the extreme positions of the movable parts being indicated as in the first View.

Obviously but little change is required to adapt this invention to representations of other creatures'and to other members besides those herein shown and described, I

As shown in Fig. 4, the bellows 13 has a bottom opening 28 and a flapper valve 29 for the admission of air to said bellows while expanding, and a top opening 30, which is in line with a corresponding openin in the bottom of the pipe 14, for the expu sion of air from said bellows into saidpipe when the former is compressed; and said pipe, which is closed at one end and open at the other, has within it a hollow holder 31 for a reed 32. This reed extends from the holder 31 into that portion of the pipe 14 that is between said holder and the closed end of said ipe, and the free end of said' reed is over t e opening 30. In practice, the air is forced by the bellows into the pipe, when said bellows is compressed, and at the same time expelled from said pipe and causes the reed to vibrate and emit sound in the'usual manner. I do not, however, wish to be confined to this particular form of sound producer. 2 I

I am aware that animated toys provided with sound-producing devices are old, and do not, therefore, seek to claim broadly such a) toy or the mechanism associated therewith, ut

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in an animated to of a hollow body provided with a movable part pivotally attached'thereto' and further provided with a sound-producer havin a compressible member fixed therein, rollers upon which such body is mounted, a shaft having one of such rollers tight on one end and a crank member tight on the other end,

a main operating rod between said crank member and said movable part, and a connecting-rod between said main rod and said compressible member, the construction and arrangement of parts being such that frictional contact of the roller, with which the attached thereto and further provided with a sound-producer havin a compressible member fixed therein, ro lers upon which such body is mounted, a shaft having one of such rollers tight on one end and a crank member tight on the other end, a main operatin rod between said crank member and one 0 said pivoted members, and connecting rods between said main rod and the other pivoted and movable members including said compressible member, the construcground or floor produces oscillatory move- ,15

ments of the aforesaid movable parts and compresses and expands the compressible member.

ADOLF W. PRESSLER. Witnesses:

HIRAM BLAKE, CHARLES A. MADDEN. 

